I'd rather Rotherham and Plymouth than Brighton, Spurs (disgracefully shit atmospheres) every day of the week.."What does success look like" - Wrong question for me. I don't really care about success, it's relative and flexible isn't it? 2 years ago success was getting out of the Championship, now for most of our fans it's breaking mid-table and pushing top six. We go down and success metric will change. I find it easier to look at the pros and cons of PL and Championship before deciding whether I'm comfortable with relegation.
Premier League Pros:
1) Football is undeniably better quality.
2) Games mean more.
3) Away games in bigger cities, make for better away days.
Premier League cons:
1) VAR.
2) Getting beat most weeks.
3) Games rescheduled constantly for TV audiences
4) Club feel justified in whacking up prices on everything.
Championship Pros:
1) Probably will be winning most of the time.
2) Chance to celebrate at end of season if we go-up.
3) Prospective Wembley trip if we end up in play-offs.
4) Cheaper tickets (or more likely, no more price rises)
5) No VAR (for now)
6) More games to go to.
7) More Saturday 3PM KOs.
Championship cons:
1) Rotherham and Plymouth away days.
2) Derby rivalry rekindled (snore)
3) Football will be worse quality
4) Games won't matter as much as our short term ambition is just to reinstate our PL status
5) Real risk that our expenditure in the PL can't be serviced by Championship revenue so we have to firesale players and we get mired in this league (or worse) for another extended period.
Overall it's a mixed bag, so on that basis I don't really care which league were in.